Pacific Media Watch
Pacific Media Watch is compiled for the Pacific Media Centre as a regional media freedom and educational resource by a network of journalists, students, stringers and commentators.
Rights groups condemn ‘cowardly censorship’ bid over Al Jazeera
Pacific Media Watch
Press freedom and human rights advocates, journalists and social media users have condemned a demand by Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries...
PMC to host visiting Pacific exchange student journalists
Pacific Media Watch News Desk
The Pacific Media Centre will host three student journalists on Monday in the opening session of a two-week attachment media...
Unprecedented outpouring of grief at funeral for Vanuatu president
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
Vanuatu has never seen an outpouring of sorrow and admiration such as it witnessed yesterday.
Many alive today may not...
‘Anticipation, excitement’ sweep PNG as election polling looms
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
Polling in Papua New Guinea’s 2017 national election begins this weekend.
On Saturday, voters will take to the polling booths after...
New York Times condemns ‘misguided’ attempt to silence Al Jazeera
Silencing Al Jazeera was a high priority when Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Yemen moved to isolate Qatar earlier this month,...
New governance watchdog PNGi exposes O’Neill’s business networks
Pacific Media Watch News Desk
PNGi is set to revolutionise governance in Papua New Guinea by cracking open the secrets of the rich and powerful...
PNG grants citizenship to 138 West Papuans, waives legal fees
By Delly Waigeno in Port Moresby
Four naturalised citizens and 138 West Papuans have become citizens of Papua New Guinea.
Acting Chief Migration Officer Solomon Kantha...
Juffa blasts PNG for ‘hypocrisy’ over deportation of NZ missionary
Oro Governor Gary Juffa blasts PNG government over the deportation of NZ Catholic missionary Douglas Tennent. Video: EMTV News
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Oro Governor...
‘Make election less disruptive’, pleads commissioner ahead of PNG ballot
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
More than 800 election monitors will be deployed nationwide to observe and make independent reports on Papua New Guinea’s...
Al Jazeera caught in the Qatar crisis crossfire, reports Mediawatch
Pacific Media Watch News Desk
So-called "fake news" and the damage it can do has featured much in the media in recent months.
Radio NZ's Mediawatch...
PM O’Neill challenges rival candidates to show off ‘real policies’ for...
Speaking about the controversial Manus Asylum Centre saga, Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says the deal was signed and agreed to for the development of...
Paris climate change pact ‘not enough to save us’, warns Fiji...
By Nasik Swami in Suva
Current national contributions by countries to the Paris Agreement on climate change are not enough to save the Pacific, says...
Panguna women landowners say BCL didn’t consult and ‘isn’t welcome’
Pacific Media Watch News Desk
Women in Central Bougainville and landowners of the Panguna copper mine site are opposing the reopening of the mine.
A delegation...
Southern Cross: 30 years of N-free Aotearoa – Pacific leaders seek...
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AUT Pacific Media Centre's Pacific Media Watch freedom project editor Kendall Hutt speaks with 95bFM's The Wire host Amanda Jane...
Pacific leaders drive call for healthier oceans at UN conference
Campaigning to save threatened Pacific and global fish stocks. Video: UN
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Political leaders from across the Pacific have played a central role...
NCTV team drops in on AUT’s Pacific Media Centre and Screen...
NCTV's latest news bulletin.
Pacific Media Watch News Desk
New Caledonia TV's chief executive Laurent Le Brun and colleagues made a flying visit to AUT's Screen...
Fred Wesley: Our environment message needs to be in every corner...
EDITORIAL: By Fred Wesley
Today is a special day. On June 5 every year there is a concerted effort to promote awareness on the importance...
Radio Tarana’s Khan honoured for services to radio, Indian community
Radio Tarana's honours video message from Robert Khan.
Pacific Media Watch
The founder and chief executive of New Zealand’s leading Indian radio network, Tarana, has today...
Timor-Leste judge acquits two journalists facing jail for defamation
By Bob Howarth in Dili, Timor-Leste
A Dili District Court judge has acquitted two Timor-Leste journalists on a charge of criminal defamation on the grounds...
Trump’s pullout from Paris climate pact ‘threatens lives’ of Pacific people
Pacific Media Watch News Desk
President Donald Trump's move to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement is a grave moral injustice,...
Benny Wenda accuses Indonesian police of torturing Papuan official
Pacific Media Watch News Desk
Police in Indonesia are facing allegations of torture from West Papuan independence leaders after a prominent human rights commissioner was...
PMW editor talks of concerns over martial law in southern Philippines
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Pacific Media Watch's Kendall Hutt spoke with 95bFM's The Wire host Tess Barnett today about martial law in the southern island...
